Tobacco Free Communities – Delaware, Otsego, and Scoharie

Tobacco Free Communities is a community health program based in Oneonta that serves Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie counties. As the name suggests, its focus is on reducing tobacco use and helping neighborhoods become healthier places to live. Oneonta, the home of SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, anchors a wide service area.

Public health work like this tends to stretch across county lines in rural parts of upstate New York, and a three-county reach reflects that. Anyone in the Oneonta area who wants to learn more about tobacco prevention can start with a local group.

What to Know

• The program covers three counties: Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie.
• It is based in Oneonta, in Otsego County.
• The focus is community health and tobacco prevention, as the name says.
• It is a member of the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce.